The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-04-21
RAILROAD PLuNDERED.
Arrest Of Hundreds Of Rsscally CsaAsctsrs and
Brakemen. r

HALFWAY 6AgNU606Us
Arrest u Hundred. Of n.se.lly Conductor, a.l
Brakenea. ~, ..ag
Dispatches from Pittsburg: The officers
OF the Panhandle railroad will soon have
in custody a most desperate gang OF rail.
road robbers. How many men belong TO
tho gang is not known, but they run up
int" the hundreds. Their stealing
or three years. simultaneously ar.
rests were made all along the line OF the
Panhandle road between here and Colum.
bus. Warrants have been in the hands OF
officers for some time, and the persons ar
rested comprise nearly the entire freight
men OF the line. They include conduct
ors, freightmen, engineers and firemen.
o'clock in the morning, the police surprising
Is men at their boarding houses. BY day
light 40 men, all railroad employees, con:
ductofs, brakemer; fireiiien aud engineers.
were behind the bars. In speaking OF tho
die road said -.
For three years the Panhandle road has
been systematically robbed. Cars on
sidings and cars on moving trains were
every description OF merchandise. It is
estimated that at least $500, 900 worth OF
goods were taken, for which the company
had to pay. In August last lie got 1. clue.
and the company determined to push it TO
i the end. Detectives were employed who
followed up every scent, and finally we had
tho information on which to proceed.
When everything WAS ready we decided to
make q movement all along the line from,
warrants were issued for men in Pittsburc
Nothing like it ever happened before.
At one o'clock ten more arrests
were reported. They were captured at the
pay car while receiving their wages. This
makes a tot al OF fifty-six, now in Jail.
A telegram from Dennison Ohio, states
that }. K. Dunlap, the leader of the gang
was arrested there. The following are the
names Of most OF the parties in jail:
Conductors JOHN Hastines, II: MacRoB:
Thomas c. Shay, +. j. Hanley, william
1sett, James Watson, Charles Shanks. G..
c. Lawson, V. E. Meyers, Edward Olaf, I.
F. Haggerty, Robert Mackey, NJ. G. Con.
nelly, George s.; Chrier, S: Goodman,
j.: A: Fisher, ": r. Lavellc, Thorn.
IS Vincent, A; L. Collins William: R:
Joyce, W: G: Martin, George Morris.
+. o. Gutshall, A. Griftiths NJ. B. Doyle,
John Donavan, John Martin, William
Roth; John Sweeney, T: W: Abers. j. w.
| Richey, William Briggs. John Kirkwood,
J. F. Wright, J. A. Taylor, II. w. McCune.
| C. Thompson. J. T. Kinney, Michael
Reilly, Thomas Long, Samuel Fitch, James
| L. Young:
Seven more arrests have been made, but
the names have not yet been recorded.
Nearly 200 warrants are still out.
Fires were in progress all day all along
{ the line of the Panhandle road. made up Of
stuff out OF the caboose cars that the evil
donce OF things not seen may be wanting
when the trial comes. Freight trains have
hauled up at water stations and IL delay
| made till the cabOose was swept and garniBh:
ed,and In doing SO evidence has been procur.
ed against unsuspected railroad men. Al
most every man arrested had from ono to
ten pawn tickets on his person. It is al.
legged that every pawn shop in the two
cities is represented on the tickets.
The Haddock Murder Trial.
On the 9Th, Arenslori, the alleged muir.
derer OF Haddock was called to the stand.
He endoavored to supply a missing link
in the chain proving an alibi. He gave an
account OF his doings on the night of the
murder, and stated that he was in ga.
loon called the English Kitchen" when he
first heard OF the murder. Have heard
the testimony of Leavitt; was not
at the corner OF Fourth and Wa.
was at the meeting on Aug. 2. There was
no private meeting to MY knowledge.
Nothing was said in my presence to do
up" any one; heard nothing about hiring
two Dutchmen to do up any one; made no
remark about blowing up any ones house;
had no conversation with Lenvitt in front
Of Warlich's saloon had no such CONVEX.
sation as Mrs. 1eavitt testi6es to have
heard; had a conversation with Leavitt ut
Standard theatre in relation to his bonds.
surprise was given him and his counsel
when he was confronted by transcript
OF his evidence before the coroner's Jury.
Portions were read wherein his statement
as to his whereabouts at tho time OF the
murder quite materially differed from his
evidence to-day. When asked if he SO ties.
titled he displayed weakness. Harry Sher.
win, one OF the co-defendants, former FRO.
prietor OF the saloon known as the English
Kitchen, testified that Arcnsdorf was in
his place when Haddock was shot.
On the 7th, Leavitt was called by the de.
fence, and cross examined in regard to the
published confession, in order to show
that it differed from lis testimony.
The defence then rested and tho
State introduced rebutting testimony.
G. W. Schmidt, the witness who
V""AO W viewing Vuo luIucE lEOul Ills
window in the Columbia house. and swore
that Leavitt fired the shot was recalled.
During the examination the fact cropped
out that Schmidt at one time resided in
the Jail at New Elm for the period OF six
months, and that he abandoned his wife,
who afterwards died in poorhouse.
Five witnesses who knew Schmidt in Lake
Benton, Mimi. gave him q very bad char.
acter. These gentlemen are a. c. Mathews,
CIork n ho }i0f Of 4. II 1on1
travelling for the Empire Lumber company;
John l.. Cass. former county attorney; S.
Nordville, former probate judge, and E. NJ.
Olmen, former county commissioner. A
large number OF witnesses were called to
rebuff various points in the evidence for
the defence.
On Saturday, the 10th day OF the trial
the evidence was partially closed. The
day was devoted to cleaning evidence in
rebuttaI The defense recalled O. H. Jack.
son and John L. Cass for further cross-ex.
animation in reference to the veracity and
character of the witness G. w Schmidt,
who swore that he saw Leavitt kill Had.
dock. jackson and Cass live at Lake Benton,
MINI. More closely questioned as to what
they knew derogatory to Schmidt's char.
acter, one of them said he used to rob his
vile OF her earnings as a washerwoman to
Iced his vices, and the other said he had at
one time offered to sell the virtue of his
daughter for money. 1t is understood
some time will be occupied in presenting
legal questions to the court before counsel
will be able to submit arguments to the
jury.
Oscar s. Straus, the new minister to
Turkey, accompanied by his family. sailed
for Europe.
A delegation Of Irish Americans called at
the White House to invite the president
to attend a meeting to be held to
protest against the coercion policy in Ire.
land. They saw Col. Lamont and were in.
formed that whatever the presidents view
on the subject might be. it would be mani
testify improper for him to attend such @
meeting in his official capacity. The com.
mittee were convinced OF the wisdom Of
this reasoning, and withdrew without fur.
Their effort to see the president.
General Knott began the award of con.
tracts for carrying the mails on 843 mis-.
cellaneous star and steamboat routes for
periods ranging from one to four years.
All Of the states except Delaware, and all
Of the territories except Alaska and Arizo.
ma IN tod in no l;ak